Darrell Cochran, Kevin Hastings and Patrick Brown reached a $4.9-million settlement with the Washington Department of Social and Health Services on behalf of 9 individuals who were sexually abused as residents of Toutle River Boys Ranch in Cowlitz County, Washington....
Attorneys Darrell Cochran and Patrick Brown recently settled two sex abuse lawsuits against the Seattle Catholic Archdiocese for a combined total of $1.46 million. PCVA represented two women who were abused when they were students at St. Louise Parish School in...
In a $2.4 million confidential settlement, Darrell Cochran and Patrick Brown helped a King County woman resolve claims against her Seattle employer for on-the-job sexual abuse and harassment perpetrated by a supervisor and co-workers. “Our client worked in conditions...
Student Sexual Abuse According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), every 68 seconds, an American is sexually assaulted. And every 9 minutes, that victim is a child. Sexual abuse is a horrific crime, often committed by people in power against...
Attorney Steven Reich represents two men, both of whom allege they were sexually abused as minors by an elder in their Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation. The case is one of many revealing a long history of covered-up sex abuse allegations within the faith. Jehovah’s...
PCVA attorneys Michael Pfau, Darrell Cochran and Vinnie Nappo helped Rae (a pseudonym) receive a $3 million settlement against Washington State in 2014 after she alleged negligence by Child Protective Services for failing to properly intervene when she was subjected...
Partner Vincent Nappo, associate Benjamin Watson, and co-counsel Ashton Dennis of the Washington Law Center reached a $4.2 million settlement for their clients in a sexual abuse suit against University Place School District. The perpetrator, David O’Connor, had been...
Attorneys Darrell Cochran, Colleen Durkin Peterson, and Bridget Grotz filed lawsuits on behalf of two former female students, both of whom allege they were sexually abused as minors by a coach at Seattle Preparatory School. The alleged perpetrator, Jeff Pietz, was a...
Partners Michael Pfau and Steven Reich reached a $3 million settlement for their client in a sexual abuse suit against Seattle Public Schools. The perpetrator, Meghan Miller, was a coach and instructional assistant at Ballard High School, where she was assigned to...
The Washington State Association for Justice recently published an article by PCVA associate Andrew Ulmer. “Antidiscrimination in Youth Sports in a Post-Nassar World” discusses how the Washington Law Against Discrimination (WLAD) can be the best tool available when...
